Tom Cruise has gone viral on the popular TikTok video sharing app, but videos with the star “Mission Impossible” are prophecies that experts call “the most alarming realistic examples” of technology.
An account called “deeptomcruise” appeared in the application last week, showing a series of videos depicting Cruise doing a magic trick, playing golf and recalling the time he met the former president of the Soviet Union.
The video series has been viewed more than 11 million times on TikTok since Tuesday, with many millions more on other social platforms.
Although the videos are intended for entertainment, experts warn that such content “should worry us.”
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Last week, an account appeared in the application, called “deeptomcruise”, which shows a number of videos that have been viewed over 11 million times. Pictures is one of the “Cruise” that does a magic trick
A video distributed to the account shows Deepfake Cruise wearing a festive Hawaiian shirt while kneeling in front of the camera.
It shows a coin and makes it disappear – like magic.
“I want to show you some magic,” says the impostor, holding the coin.
The video series has been viewed more than 11 million times on TikTok since Tuesday, with many millions more on other social platforms. Pictured is Cruise playing golf in a single video
“It’s the real thing, I mean everything is real,” says Cruise, waving his hand over his face, as if to suggest the idea that he’s not really the popular star.
Deepfakes were invented in 2014 by Ian Goodfellow, who was the director of machine learning at Apple Special Projects Group and a leader in the field.
The word comes from the collaboration of the terms “deep learning” and “false” and is a form of artificial intelligence.
The system studies a targeted person in pictures and videos, allowing them to capture multiple angles and mimic speech behavior and patterns.
The technology gained attention during the election season, as many developers feared it would be used to undermine the reputation of political candidates.
Currently, Tom Cruise Deepfakes seem to be for entertainment purposes.
Another video distributed to the TikTok account shows the imitator on a golf course.
“What happens to TikTok, you guys, if I play any sport,” says the “star” before grabbing a club and leaving to play.
He runs back to the room, takes off his sunglasses and says, “Hey, listen to sports fans and TikTok, if you like what you see, wait until it follows.”
The other clip shows Cruise walking through a clothing store where he stumbles, overturns and jumps back to his feet to tell the TikTok world a joke about the moment he met the former president of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev.
Tom Cruise is probably making the world laugh, but technology is frightening experts.
The other clip shows Cruise walking through a clothing store. Deepfake managed to capture the mannerisms and personality of the real star. Although the clips are intended for entertainment, experts warn that such content “should worry us” because such technology can easily manipulate the public.
Lead expert Henry Ajder told the Times of London: “This technology is not disappearing, there are a huge number of really negative and malicious use cases.”
But other experts praise the work because False Cruise reflects the speech, mannerisms and appearance of the real star.
Hany Farid, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley who specializes in digital image analysis, told Fortune that although he knew the clips were fake, they were still “incredibly accomplished.”
Farid may be alone with this view, as Rachel Tobac, CEO of online security company SocialProof, posted on Twitter that the videos proved that we had reached a stage of “almost undetectable deepfakes.”
“Deepfakes will have an impact on public trust, provide plausible coverage and denial of criminals / abusers caught in video or audio, and will be (and are) used to manipulate, humiliate and hurt people,” she said. “Security in the real world, political impact, etc. for everyone, “she wrote on Twitter.
No matter what experts and the public think about the Cruise imposter, TikTok has anti-counterfeiting rules.
‘You can `t: […] identify any person or entity or falsely misrepresent or otherwise misrepresent you or your affiliation with any person or entity, including giving the impression that any content you upload, post, transmit, distribute or make available in another way emanates from the Services, “the application policy reads.